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2011, Business Leader
James Rucker: Incubating Social Change
James is a co-founder of Citizen Engagement Lab, an incubator for new media organizing that focuses on marginalized and underrepresented communities. Learn what it takes to create an organizing movement by breaking down organizational and personal silos.
2013, Donor
Brian Dorsey: Donor Stories
OutGiver Brian Dorsey (President, The Sellers Dorsey Foundation) shares his reasons for giving, highlighting the personal giving strategies behind his philanthropy, the passion that fuels his generosity, and the lessons he's learned to sustain the power his investment has to make real change in a ...
2011, Business Leader, National Leader
Jarrett Barrios and Thomas Gensemer: The Scoop on It Gets Better
Thomas works on the “new media” side of communications while Jarrett operates on the “traditional media” side. But when the two were brought together on the “It Gets Better” campaign, it was like a whole new world opened up for both of them. Learn how ...
2013, Donor
Alix Ritchie: Donor Stories
OutGiver Alix Ritchie (Media Strategy Consultant and Co-Founder, MALLRD Foundation) shares her reasons for giving, highlighting the personal giving strategies behind her philanthropy, the passion that fuels her generosity, and the lessons she's learned to sustain the power her investment has to make real change ...
2011, National Leader
Tony Tapia: Numbers Behind the Immigration & LGBT Movement
Tony Tapia is the Board Co-Chair for Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees. Tony discusses the history of immigration reform, what immigrant demographics look like today, and the importance of immigrant-rights funding.
2011, Entertainer
Sarah Jones: Sarah Jones as Nereida
Sarah Jones is a hilariously poignant Tony Award winning playwright and performer. This year she brought six guests to share their insights on what it means to be LGBT in today’s world. One guest is Nereida, a young fast-talking Dominican immigrant living in the Washington ...
2015, National Leader
Vice President Joe Biden Speaks to OutGivers
From his long-time leadership on preventing violence against women to his historic support for marriage and global LGBT human rights, Vice President Biden has been a champion for equality. He joined us at OutGiving to celebrate the progress we’ve made and re-commit to the work ...
2015, State Leader
A Mother's Hope
From Friendswood, Texas, Ann Elder talks about her family and shares her hope for her son's future.
2011, Media, National Leader
Pam Spaulding: Life of a Blogger
Pam has been blogging about LGBT issues for more than seven years. Here she shares an example of a single blogger influencing the outcome of a political race and how blogswarming ended an anti-trans campaign – both using nothing more than social media and blog ...
2011, Donor
Jamie Marks: Family
There was a time when Jamie Marks didn’t see much further beyond HIV/AIDS. Like so many other gay men, he believed this disease was likely in his future. That wasn’t the case, and today Jamie no longer fears death but shares his joy of life ...
2013, Donor, National Leader
America's Challenges are LGBT Challenges, Part 2
Advocates and donors offer a sobering look at the challenges faced by the most vulnerable among us. Featuring: School Climate: Geoffrey Winder (GSA Network) and Ryan Pedlow (Ziff Brothers Investments / GLSEN) Youth Homelessness: Jama Shelton (Forty to None Project) and Terrence Meck (The Palette ...
2015, National Leader
James Esseks on Religious Exemptions
James Esseks, Director of the ACLU LGBT & HIV Project, pulls no punches outlining the urgent need for significant investments in work that opposes religious exemptions.
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